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Graphic toont de feiten rond Novitsjok, en de effect van het zenuwgas op het lichaam.
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Novitsjok zenuwgas

By Duncan Mil

March 13, 2018 - Twee Britse burgers zijn ernstig ziek geworden na te zijn blootgesteld aan Novitsjok – hetzelfde
zenuwgas dat in maart is gebruikt bij de
vergiftiging van een voormalige Russische spion
en zijn dochter in Salisbury

Charlie Rowley, 45, and Dawn Sturgess, 44, fell ill in Amesbury, Wiltshire on June 30, just eight miles (13km) from Salisbury where Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned.

The event was escalated to a “major incident” on July 4 after police confirmed the pair had been exposed to an “unknown substance.” Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner for Counter-Terrorism, Neil Basu, said there had been a “significant development” after officers declared a “major incident” earlier in the day.

Scotland Yard has since confirmed that the couple were exposed to Novichok following tests carried out by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at Porton Down.

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PUBLISHED: 05/07/2018; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Getty Images
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